Neurosurgery Coding Alert

Modifier Madness:

Remember Q6 on Your Locum Tenens/FTC Claims

Also, make sure you know the new verbiage for locum tenens. When one of your physicians takes a leave of absence — be it for vacation, sabbatical, health reasons, etc. — your practice might consider hiring another physician temporarily to pick up the absent physician’s work. All services for substitute physicians must be reported using locum tenens billing, a practice [...]
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